The meridian 112° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 112th meridian east forms a great circle with the 68th meridian west.
Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 112th meridian east passes through:
Co-ordinates | Country, territory or sea | Notes |
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90°0′N 112°0′E / 90.000°N 112.000°E | Arctic Ocean | |
79°17′N 112°0′E / 79.283°N 112.000°E | Laptev Sea | |
76°34′N 112°0′E / 76.567°N 112.000°E | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Krai — Taymyr Peninsula |
74°46′N 112°0′E / 74.767°N 112.000°E | Laptev Sea | |
74°31′N 112°0′E / 74.517°N 112.000°E | Russia | Sakha Republic — Bolshoy Begichev Island |
74°12′N 112°0′E / 74.200°N 112.000°E | Laptev Sea | |
73°43′N 112°0′E / 73.717°N 112.000°E | Russia | Sakha Republic Krasnoyarsk Krai — from 71°24′N 112°0′E / 71.400°N 112.000°E Sakha Republic — from 71°2′N 112°0′E / 71.033°N 112.000°E Irkutsk Oblast — from 59°22′N 112°0′E / 59.367°N 112.000°E Republic of Buryatia — from 56°57′N 112°0′E / 56.950°N 112.000°E Zabaykalsky Krai — from 52°13′N 112°0′E / 52.217°N 112.000°E |
49°25′N 112°0′E / 49.417°N 112.000°E | Mongolia | |
45°5′N 112°0′E / 45.083°N 112.000°E | People's Republic of China | Inner Mongolia |
43°49′N 112°0′E / 43.817°N 112.000°E | Mongolia | For about 6 km |
43°46′N 112°0′E / 43.767°N 112.000°E | People's Republic of China | Inner Mongolia Shanxi – from 39°50′N 112°0′E / 39.833°N 112.000°E Henan – from 35°4′N 112°0′E / 35.067°N 112.000°E Hubei – from 32°25′N 112°0′E / 32.417°N 112.000°E Hunan – from 29°45′N 112°0′E / 29.750°N 112.000°E Guangxi – for about 3 km from 24°45′N 112°0′E / 24.750°N 112.000°E Guangdong – from 24°44′N 112°0′E / 24.733°N 112.000°E Guangxi - for about 6 km from 24°33′N 112°0′E / 24.550°N 112.000°E Guangdong - for about 5 km from 24°29′N 112°0′E / 24.483°N 112.000°E Guangxi – from 24°27′N 112°0′E / 24.450°N 112.000°E Guangdong – from 24°17′N 112°0′E / 24.283°N 112.000°E |
21°45′N 112°0′E / 21.750°N 112.000°E | South China Sea | |
21°39′N 112°0′E / 21.650°N 112.000°E | People's Republic of China | Guangdong – Hailing Island |
21°37′N 112°0′E / 21.617°N 112.000°E | South China Sea | Passing through the disputed Paracel Islands Passing through the disputed Spratly Islands |
2°54′N 112°0′E / 2.900°N 112.000°E | Malaysia | Sarawak – on the island of Borneo |
1°7′N 112°0′E / 1.117°N 112.000°E | Indonesia | Island of Borneo West Kalimantan Central Kalimantan |
3°29′S 112°0′E / 3.483°S 112.000°E | Java Sea | |
6°48′S 112°0′E / 6.800°S 112.000°E | Indonesia | Island of Java |
8°18′S 112°0′E / 8.300°S 112.000°E | Indian Ocean | |
60°0′S 112°0′E / 60.000°S 112.000°E | Southern Ocean | |
65°54′S 112°0′E / 65.900°S 112.000°E | Antarctica | Australian Antarctic Territory, claimed by Australia |
Next westward: 111th meridian east |
112th meridian east forms a great circle with 68th meridian west |
Next eastward: 113th meridian east |